New way to crash solve()

Posted: Schivnorr 526

October 08 2007

Students do the craziest things. This was an interesting bug to run into. The following lines all cause Maple 11 to lose connection with its kernel:

solve( x-x = 0 );
solve( x-x = 1 );
solve( x-x = -1 );

Whereas, the following lines do not cause Maple 11 to lose connection with its kernel:

solve( 1=0 );
solve( x-x+1 = 0 );
solve( x-x-1 = 0 );
solve( x=x+1 );
solve( (x-x)^2 = 0 );
solve( x-x = x );

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